 milk_thistle |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil | |
| Synonyms: | sow_thistle | |
| Related terms: | shrub milkweed Sonchus | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America | |
| Synonyms: | Our_Lady's_mild_thistle holy_thistle blessed_thistle Silybum_marianum lady's_thistle | |
| Related terms: | herb Silybum | |
| Similar spelling: |
milk-white milk_tooth |
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